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Charles Dickens, John Rennie, John Rennie, London Bridge, and 1 other
Charles Dickens · Novelist
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“These steps and arch are surviving fragments of the 1831 London Bridge designed by John Rennie and built by his son Sir John Rennie. These steps were the scene of the murder of Nancy in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist.”
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Charles Dickens
novelist, journalist, policeman, son of John Dickens, son of Elizabeth Dickens, and friend of Thomas Latimer · (1812-1870)
John Rennie
engineer, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society, and father of John Rennie · (1761-1821)
John Rennie
engineer and son of John Rennie · (1794-1874)
London Bridge
bridge · (1831-1968)
Nancy
fictional character
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